# I need help setting up the server. because of large number of tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective, vision, database\
**Created:** [August 17, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970 "2023-08-17T01:19:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![KIM\_SUNG\_HOO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@KIM\_SUNG\_HOO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KIM_SUNG_HOO)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970/1 "2023-08-17T01:19:32Z")

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Hi,

I have to configure a server that uses a lot of tags.

The number of tags is over 200,000.

1. Are there any problems when communicating so many tags?

2. I would like to know the appropriate server specifications.

thank you for reading!

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**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970/2 "2023-08-17T01:42:19Z")

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> **[Ignition Server Sizing and Architecture Guide](https://inductiveautomation.com/resources/article/ignition-server-sizing-and-architecture-guide)**
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> This guide is intended to provide some tips to help you determine the correct architecture depending on your requirements. It is important to note that any architecture that you come up with needs to be fully tested and verified. Throughout that...

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**Author:** ![KIM\_SUNG\_HOO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@KIM\_SUNG\_HOO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KIM_SUNG_HOO)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970/3 "2023-08-17T04:18:39Z")

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Hi, ryan

I saw it.

but I may have to use higher specs than what is listed in this document.

And I would like to know what kind of problems occur if the server specifications are insufficient.

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**Author:** ![Hayden\_Watson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/hayden_watson/32/48792_2.png) [@Hayden\_Watson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hayden_Watson)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-help-setting-up-the-server-because-of-large-number-of-tags/77970/5 "2023-08-17T07:22:40Z")

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If the server is too slow it may be delayed in subscribing the tags or just generaly run poorly. But the main part to consider is how often you read those tags per second, reading more often will use more resources then lots of tags read not often.

If your system is massive, it might be worth following that guide and splitting your system into a scale-out architecutre, using several IO servers that then feed the data into a front end server.